†Andrewsemys Pérez-García 2019 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2019. New information and establishment of a new genus for the Egyptian Paleogene turtle ‘Stereogenys’ libyca (Podocnemididae, Erymnochelyinae). Historical Biology 31(3):383-392
Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to A. Pérez-García 2019
Sister taxa: Caninemys, Eocenochelus, Erymnochelyini, Neochelys, Ragechelus, Stupendemys
Subtaxa: Andrewsemys libyca
Type: Stereogenys libyca
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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